Arts & Culture

Photography

Diaries of the Taquerias Southmost

Houston-based photographer Chuy Benitez explores family and tradition within these neighborhood mainstays around Houston.

01/22/2016 By Jenn Nguyen

Visual Art

Painting Out Memories in Exposed

This collective art show lives up to its name, inviting artists to depict their happiest and darkest life experiences.

01/22/2016 By Sarah Douglass

Theater

The American Experience

Ensemble Theatre continues its readings of playwright August Wilson's works with The Piano Lesson.

01/21/2016 By Katricia Lang

Local Music

Rock Music Found In the Arms of the Sun

Houston post-hardcore band Vox Vocis looks to the distant future for inspiration.

01/20/2016 By Leah Lucio

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan. 22–24

The Symphony plays Shostakovich, Rainbow on ICE returns to Discovery Green, MFAH throws an art party, BodyTraffic dances into Houston, and Houston Arboretum celebrates Arbor Day.

01/20/2016 By Nick Esquer

2015 Concerts In Review

Is Houston Becoming A New Music Capital?

Our fair city keeps making its case with dynamic shows and eclectic artists.

01/20/2016 By Mohammed Zain

Film

Houston Iranian Film Festival Comes to MFAH

The renowned festival features a deeper look at a misunderstood country through movies.

01/19/2016 By Max Jefferson

Visual Art

Giving New York a Houston State of Mind—with Art

Artist Mark Flood's latest collective exhibition, The Future Is Ow, is an effort to put Houston on the art-world map.

01/15/2016 By Nick Esquer

Visual Art

Bringing Out The Dead—Through Art

Houston illustrator Michael Bise pencils in poignant family vignettes in Born Again.

01/15/2016 By William Geoffrey Wood

Performance Art

Bayou City Burlesque Takes Center Stage

Local artists come together with national performers for a weekend of circus and burlesque entertainment.

01/14/2016 By Megha Tejpal

On The Town

A Couture Cause Is Setting the Trend in 2016

The charitable, fashionable event on Jan. 21 is trying something new this year.

01/13/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan. 15–17

Blue Man Group plays Jones Hall, DiverseWorks debuts What Shall We Do Next?, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ride into town, Chevron Houston races through the city.

01/13/2016 By Nick Esquer

Theater

High School Musical: Hairspray Style

An unlikely pair of Houston high schools team up in time for MLK Day.

01/12/2016 By Katricia Lang

Performance Art

Restless Finger Syndrome

DiverseWorks latest exhibition, What Shall We Do Next?, looks at how technology and advertising are shaping how we think.

01/08/2016 By William Geoffrey Wood

Visual Art

World Art Exhibition to Question Smart with the Stupid

Blaffer hosts art collective Slavs and Tatars and its curious Mirrors For Princes exhibition as its international tour comes to a close.

01/07/2016 By Megha Tejpal

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan. 8–10

Houston Symphony plays John Williams, William Cokeley opens a new exhibition, Vertigo plays at MFAH, a lecture on Joachim Wtewael's nude portraits, and the Russian Old New Year Festival.

01/06/2016 By Nick Esquer